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Parke, C. (2026, November 5). Vickrum Digwa’s sentence for Henry Nowak murder increased at Court of Appeal. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/court-of-appeal-ellie-reeves-university-of-southampton-mark-justice-b1303744.html
Parke, Callum. “Vickrum Digwa’s sentence for Henry Nowak murder increased at Court of Appeal.” Evening Standard, 5 Nov. 2026, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/court-of-appeal-ellie-reeves-university-of-southampton-mark-justice-b1303744.html.
Parke, Callum. “Vickrum Digwa’s sentence for Henry Nowak murder increased at Court of Appeal.” Evening Standard, November 5, 2026. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/court-of-appeal-ellie-reeves-university-of-southampton-mark-justice-b1303744.html.
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Vickrum Digwa, 23, has had his minimum prison term increased from 21 years to 25 years after the Court of Appeal ruled his original sentence for murdering Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old student, was "unduly lenient." The ruling came on November 3, 2026. Digwa fatally stabbed Nowak with a large dagger in Southampton on December 3, 2025, and later filmed the victim as he lay dying, lying to emergency services that Nowak had racially abused him. During his sentencing hearing at Southampton Crown Court in June 2026, Judge William Mousley KC noted Digwa had a kirpan (a religious knife) hidden on him, which Sikhs are allowed to carry publicly for religious reasons. The court upheld the Attorney General's referral and denied Digwa’s appeal request. Nowak's family expressed that while they welcome this decision, it does not ease their "life sentence of grief" as no amount of justice can bring back Henry or his future.
